Altermotive Reclaim the Streets after party

Altermotive Reclaim the Streets after party

December 2000

After the pointless police charge on the R.T.S crowds at Newtown station the community found strength outside the 381 Café on King st south. A large crowd danced defiant outside the latte stronghold as a wall of cops on horses tried but failed to clear the road. Arrests were made false accounts concocted that were to clog up the courts in weeks to come as many arrests were made. Lab Rats D.J Monkey Mark was arrested and stands accused of serious assault charges for positioning his mobile sounds beyond police lines. As the afternoon proceeded a decision was made to avoid further conflict and carry on the party outback of the Broadway squats. The sound System, ‘Quency’ the surviving member of the Vibe Tribe was in its element that day as it was whisked down to the Broadway squats.

Meanwhile the vocal crowd was escorted down King Street by scores of police. We had just set up the rig in the back lane in the anarchistic shire of the Broadway Squatting Centre when we could here yelling and whistling getting louder. Suddenly the whole lane filled to capacity as the crowd turned up followed by hundreds of police. We were surrounded as D.J Vic took to the dex and the people went off. As darkness descended the lightshow was turned on, one gas fed flame held aloft by a metal pole.

D.J Mongrel, Morphism pumped the tracks followed by machine gun beats from System Corrupt’s D.J Zeitgeist. Reiki Aura’s chunky grooves carried us through till Daturaj and Melbourne’s Swytek rocked us into the morning. The chill was set up in the back of the squats with dub and hip hop grooves and an amazing set from the reformed Metabass’n’ Breath. The back streets of Broadway were awash with smiling people with the odd walkthrough from groups of cops whose numbers dwindled finally to zero. We danced outside the warehouse where we were recently evicted from now with a constant vigil of highly paid security guards. The event was to be in the Altermotive space, a benefit to legalize and repair our collection of vehicles ready for Earthdreaming 2001. The street party was awesome going till 8am on the Sunday.